• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.71-77
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• 2011

This paper proposes a design of controller for automatic evacuation disposal system with suction, collecting, washing, and drying functions to be useful for excretion care of long-term bedridden patients. It is desirable that the system can discriminate excreta such as feces and urine severally, and dispose of them without having additional efforts of caregivers. This paper describes a method to improve the discrimination ability by using multi-sensors, and proposes disposal processes according to the type of excrements. As a result the automatic evacuation disposal system can perform an efficient operation in the excrement care. Experimental results using artificial excrements show the automatic evacuation disposal system is effective and feasible to assist the excrement care.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.31-38
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• 2021

Recently, devices that help the general public's urination activity have been developed, but products that take into account the user's urination habits, device functions, and user accessibility are still insufficient. This study conducted a usability evaluation to find user satisfaction and improvement points of products based on smart automatic urine disposer that have convergence and complex functions such as automatic suction functions. There are 21 indicators used in usability evaluation, and were developed based on safety, operability, and satisfaction. As a result, functional satisfaction was high, but in terms of design, problems to be improved such as handles were presented. Therefore, through this study, it was found that the satisfaction of the automatic urine disposer in terms of performance cannot be representative of the product, and the importance of developing usability evaluation index to find product problems.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.169-175
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• 2015

Urine and/or feces disposal systems are expected to replace the diapers currently used for urine and feces disposal for the elderly with urinal and/or fecal incontinence. The are designed to detect the urine and/or feces, cleanse the excremental body organs with water transported from a cleansing water container in the main body, suction them into a fluid waste storage container for future disposal, and dry the area with hot air supplied also from the main body. These systems thus could relieve the chores of a caregiver and could also enhance the patient's hygiene. We reviewed in this paper the detection systems of urine and feces, the main components of the urine and feces disposal systems, and tried to classify the systems currently available in the market.

• Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.173-173
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• 2001

목적： 1.5T 생체용 자기공명영상기기를 이용한 수소자기공명분광법으로 용액 내 물질의 정량분석에 대한 가능성을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법： 0.01％에서 50％까지의 여러 농도를 갖는 포도당+증류수 혼합액의 모델용액을 만들어 생체용 자기공명영상기기와 시험관 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) 분광기에서 각각 수소 자기공명분광법을 시행하여 스펙트럼을 얻었다. 또한 12명의 당뇨환자에서 방광내의 소변에 대해 생체용 자기공명영상기기에서 스펙트럼을 얻고 소변을 추출하여 시험관 NMR 분광기에서 수소자기공명분광법을 시행하였다 각각의 방법으로 얻은 스펙트럼 상에서 포도당 농도에 따른 포도당/물 피크의 면적 비의 변화를 구하였고, 통계처리는 상관분석과 단순선형회귀분석을 시행하였고 회귀식을 산출하였다. 또한 생체용 자기공명영상기기를 이용하여 얻은 결과가 객관적인지 알아보기 위해 시험관 NMR 분광기에서 얻은 결과와의 상관관계를 분석하였다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.744-749
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 고주파 유도경화처리한 중탄소강의 회전접촉 피로거동을 0.44wt.%C강과 0.55wt.%C강을 사용하여 조사하였다. 회전접촉 피로시험은 Polymet RCF-1 시험기에서 탄성유체 윤활 조건으로 회전속도 8,000rpm, 최대 Hertz응력 492kg/m$m^2$을 가하면서 실시하였다. 미세한 lath마르텐사이트가 고주파 유도경화한 0.44wt.%C강과 0.55wt.%C강의 표면경화층에 형성되었고 소량의 페라이트가 일부 형성되었으며 0.44wt.%C강과 0.55wt.%C에 비해 비교적 큰 페라이트가 나타났다. 회전접촉 피로시험 후 표면경도가 거의 유지되는 표면경화층에서 회전접촉 피로시험전에 비해 경도가 상승하였다. 이 경도증가량의 최대치($\Delta$ Hv$_{max}$)와 피로수명과의 관계를 조사한 결과 0.55wt.%C강이 0.44wt.%C강에 비해 회전접촉 피로중에 일어나는 소변형에 대한 높은 저항성에 주로 기인하여 $\Delta$ Hv$_{max}$값은 낮게 나타나고 피로수명은 높게 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.752-754
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 고양이의 생활환경을 개선하고 건강 질환을 예방하여, 반려묘를 기를 때의 부담을 감소시킬 수 있는 '반려묘 돌봄 서비스를 제공하는 지능형 캣타워'를 제안한다. 지능형 캣타워는 첫째, 고양이 나이·품종·체중에 따라 발판 높이를 조절하여 추락사고를 방지하고 관절염을 예방한다. 둘째, 캣타워에 설치된 로드셀·암모니아·인체감지 센서를 이용하여 고양이의 체중, 소변, 식사량, 운동량을 측정한다. 셋째, 캣타워는 측정한 수치를 바탕으로 건강상태를 확인하고, 사료 종류와 급여량 등을 조절하여 비만, 신장 질환 등을 예방할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.69-73
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• 2015

In this study, a method for estimating the amount of urination for men, was suggested and its performance was evaluated. This study is a preliminary one for the development of a health monitoring system that needs un-constraining, non-intrusive and long-term measurements in daily life. To estimate the amount of urination, a wide weighing plate with load cell was built and the difference in a man's weights between before and after urination was measured while he was standing on the plate. The results showed that the amount of urination can be estimated with the measured weight difference under the condition of mild movements. The largest measurement error of the suggested method was 40g, which means that this method can be applied to health monitoring in daily life. It is expected that the results of this study will be the basis for developing practical un-constraining and non-intrusive health monitoring system for daily use at home.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.405-411
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• 2022

Korea's long-term care insurance for the elderly, which started in 2008, is a borrowed one from gaeho insurance, which started eight years earlier. Both countries have a policy of welfare equipment benefit systems to support the lives of the elderly who are intellectually and mentally weakened. In this study, we attempted to compare and examine the welfare equipment items in Korea with those in Japan and find out the characteristics of the items in Korea and Japan. In Korea, loitering-detection device, posture changing devices, and incontinence underwears were registered as welfare devices before Japan, and in Japan, automatic urine disposal systems, wheelchair electric assist device, position converters, and lifts for handicapped person were designated as welfare devices before Korea. In addition, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced the designation of the excretion prediction support device as a welfare device. If Korea and Japan cooperate to develop welfare equipment items together, it will be of great help in improving the quality of life of the elderly in both countries in a super-aged society.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.203-209
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• 2009

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the salts fortified with Hizikia component on blood pressure and mineral composition in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR/NCrj) and normotensive rats (WKY/NCrj). The two species rats were assigned to three groups and were fed with drinking water to which Hizikia salts were added for 6 weeks. The final blood pressures (BP) among groups of SHR were increased to 12, 4, and 21%, respectively. In terms of urine and fecal minerals, the $Na^+$ contents in two species were significantly higher in the control than in the salt groups, and vice versa with regard to the $ K^+$ contents. The amount of excretion mineral was higher in urine than in feces. The $Na^+$, $Ca^{++}$ and $Mg^{++}$ contents of the liver in SHR were higher in the control than in the salt groups (p<0.05). The $Na^+$ content of the kidney in SHR was higher in the control than in the salt groups, but the content was shown an opposite trend in WKY. The $K^+$ contents were higher in the low salt group (p<0.05). These results may indicate that the salts fortified with the Hizikia component may be useful in lowering systolic blood pressure owing to the maintenance of positive mineral metabolism.